Linux/OpenBSD, NIS, and MD5 passwords?

[Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars_(_at_)_toad_(_dot_)_bu_(_dot_)_edu>]

I've recently switched to OpenBSD on the sparc system acting as my cable
modem gateway.

The gateway -- and other systems in the house -- share an NIS password map
served out from a Linux box.

It appears that Linux and OpenBSD have different ideas about how to
generate MD5 passwords.  Depending on which box I generate the password on,
I can log into my 'bsd systems or my linux systems, but not both.

The obvious solution is to start using old-style encrypted passwords.
However, this seems like it ought to be unnecessary -- is there any way to
get these systems to interoperate with the same NIS map and MD5 passwords?

Thanks,

  -- Lars

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